Planter.



I PATENTED MAR. 20, 1906. P. c. WHITE.

PLANTER. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 29, 1905.

PHYLANDEE'cL-wHirEfoE MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, vAssniivoi:,oE ONE- nH LE'ToWILLIAM s. BRIAN, OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.

PLANTTERQI i 1 i i .Application filed August 29, 1905. I Serial No.276,190. I

' To all. whom it may concern.- I

\ a citizen of the United States, residing at Memphis, in the county ofShelby and State of Tennessee, have invented new and useful Improvementsin Planters, of which the following isaspecification.

My invention relates-"to improvements in planters; and it consists inthe construction, combination, and arrangement of devices hereinafterdescribed andclaimed.

One object 'of my invention is to simplify the construction of theplanter.

A- further object is to secure a more direct transmission of the powerrequired to operate the seed-drop in-g mechanism. A further 0 jectis toeffect improvements in the gearing for operating the seed-droppingmechanism whereby the speed of the latter may be varied, a final objectbeing to effect improvements in the means for. forming the seed-drillsand covering the seeds.

In the accompanying drawings,-Figure 1 is -a side elevation of a planterembodying my- 2 5 improvements. Fig. 2- is'a top plan view of the same.Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse sectional view of the same, and Fig.4-isa detail vertical longitudinal sectional'view of the same.

0 The main frame 1 is made from a single bar of metal, bent to form-theparallel sides 2,

the rear cross-bar 3, and the ends of which are turned inwardly towardeach other and then extended forwardly, as at 4. Asuitable 3 5 clevis 5is attached to the front end of the frame. To the sidesof theframe, nearthe rear end thereof, are secured dependingbearing -stan dards 6, inwhich is journaled the shaft 7 of the covering-wheel 8, said wheel beingpreferably made of metal and having a concave periphery, as shown.Handles .9, which are preferably made of wood, are secured to the sidesof the frame and are provided with braces 10. 1

The seed-tube 11 rises from the rear end of the furrow-opening runner'1-2, which has its front .upcurved end secured between the front endsof the side bars of the main frame, as at 13. Standard-bearings 14 aresecured v to the side bars of the main frame and depend therefrom,are'disposed slightly. in advance of the seed-tube, and ashaft15 is jour- Specification of IettersPatent. I

Patented March 20, 1906.

' I 'naled insaid bearing-standards. On the Be it known that I,PHYLANDER GWHITE,

opposite and proximate to the discharge end o the seed-tube, so thatthey cut into the soil at opposite sides of the furrow made by therunner to pulverize the sides of the furrow, and hence put the soil insuch condition that "the furrow will be'filled andthe seeds I covered bythe covering-wheel.-, On said shaft 15 is a miter-gear 17.

p The ho per 18 is secured on the main frame, an m the bottom thereof isa revoluble seed-dropping plate 19. Said plate is revolved by a verticalshaft 20, which has its bearing at 21, and to the lower end thereof is asplined a vertically-shiftable miter-gear 22,

which-may be moved either into or out of engagement with the gear 171 "Alever 23,

which is fulcrumed to the main frame, 1s connected to the said shiftablegear'22 and may be'readily' operated to shift said gear, as will beunderstood. It-will be'observed that the gears are of unequal size.Hence they may be transposed to vary the speed of rotation of theseed-dropping plate. Said gears con neot the shaft of the seed-droppingplate directly to the shaftof the furrow-.pulverizing disks, so that thetransmission of power from said disks to said plate is direct andpositive. Having thus described my invention, '1 claim- 1. Theherein-described planter comprising the frame having the dependingstandards near its-front and rear ends, the coverin wheel having itshearings in the rear stan ards, the hopper secured on the frame above ithe front standards and having the revoluble seed-dropping element, thevertical shaft to which said seed dropping element is attached, the gearshiftable on said vertical shaft, the lever to shift said gear andhaving its fulcrum on the said frame, the furrowopening runner havingits front end attached to the front end of the frame and provided atits'rearend with the seed-tube, the shaft j having its bearings in thefront standards and provided with the gear for engagement withand'disengagement by the shiftable gear, and the pulverizing-disks onsaid shaft connected to the shiftable gear, to move the 10 and oppositeand roximate to the dislatter into or out of engagement with the chargeend of the see -tube. gear on the disk-shaft.

2. A planter havin ulverizing-disks, a In testimony whereof I afiiX mysignature 5 shaft to which said is s are attached, a in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

gear-wheel on said shaft, a revoluble seed- PHYLANDER 0. WHITE.

ropping element, a vertical shaft depending Witnesses: therefrom, ashiftable gear on said vertical IRvIN F. BENSDORF,

shaft, and a lever, carried by the planter and J B. MOOALLA.

